Hello list,
Few days ago I bought a girl for my lonely slate male. She was the only G. Agouti girl
between other few slates. She is not an adult yet (at least doesn�t look to me), but
is.. big enough. He is 8 months old. I think she is 6-7; she is a little smaller and
her tail is noticeable thinner than his. A little portion from her tail is hairless.
I hope it will grow again, won�t it?
Anyway, in the past I tried to introduce 2 different lonely males in a couple and I
failed. Well, maybe I didn�t insist too much in making them like each other.
But in this case I used split cage method for only one day.
After one day I put the new girl together with my male to see how they behave
together. I know it was wrong to try to introduce them so soon, and there were very
few chances to succeed but I was counting on two things: they are still young and
different sexes. So, me and a friend of mine, stayed around the aquarium and guard
them not to fighting each other. I was wearing gloves so they won�t bite me.
The new girl looked scared. He began to rush after her. She stopped in a corner while
she was whirling sweet :) They were staying nose-to-nose, motionless and when he
trying to smell her she put one of her front leg on his face to keep him at distance
:).
They started to have another activities than to examine each other. When he seems to
ignore her, she attempts to go at him and smell him. I saw that they don�t fight and I
let him together overnight. In the morning they were snuggled together and everything
was ok. I couldn�t believe my eyes that they accommodated so soon and started to like
each other! I�m think that if they were older age and the same sex, that will not be
so easier.
She was a little shy at the beginning, but now she is squeaking at him every time she
wants something from him (food, a piece of carton) or if is intruded because he is
trying to smell her while she is resting:))
Does anybody have a pair of slate/black and agouti? Just wanted to know if the babies
will be some like her and some like him or a color between this two?
Nicole, Eastern Europe :)
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